[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 71651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24923]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records notice.

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SUMMARY: FMC-40 The Service Contract Filing System (SERVCON) is the 
Federal Maritime Commission's (Commission's) automated filing system 
for service contracts. Shippers or vessel-operating common carriers 
(VOCCs) are required to file service contracts with the Commission on 
form FMC-83. This system is not being discontinued, however, SERVCON 
does not meet the requirements of a Privacy Act System of Records as it 
does not maintain ``records'' as defined under the Privacy Act (PA), 
that are ``about'' an individual.

DATES: This rescindment is effective upon publication.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Rachel E. Dickon, Secretary, 
Federal Maritime Commission, 800 N Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 
20573-0001; or, email comments to: [email protected] (email comments as 
an attachment in MS Word or PDF). Include in the Subject Line: Comments 
on Systems of Records Notice FMC-40.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Service Contracts & Tariffs 
(SCT), Gary Kardian, 800 N Capitol Street NW, Suite 940, Washington, DC 
20573-0001, (202) 523-5796, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FMC SERVCON system does not meet the 
requirements of a Privacy Act System of Records because it does not 
maintain ``records'' as defined under the Privacy Act (PA), that are 
``about'' an individual. The PA states ``no agency shall disclose any 
record which is contained in a system of records . . .'' 5 U.S.C. 
552a(b). The term ``record'' as used in the PA, means ``any item, 
collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is 
maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, his education, 
financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment 
history and that contains his name, or the identifying number, symbol, 
or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a 
finger or voice print or a photograph;'' 5 U.S.C.552a(4). (Emphasis 
added).
    The purpose of the FMC SERVCON system is to ``record, review, and 
manage contractual arrangements by organizations performing services as 
registered VOCCs and non-vessel-operating common carriers in order to 
ensure legal operating requirements are met.'' FMC SERVCON Privacy 
Impact Statement (PIA), available at: https://www.fmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SERVCONPIA-2013.pdf. There are no reports in SERVCON 
produced on individuals.
    SERVCON, however does have information protected by statute and 
possibly business confidential information. All SERVCON system 
protections will continue to be maintained in accordance with the 
security and privacy protections in place for the FMC's General Support 
System and the FMC SQL Database, within which SERVCON is operated.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    FMC-40 SERVCON

HISTORY:
    78 FR 55699

Rachel Dickon,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-24923 Filed 11-9-20; 8:45 am]
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